Programme Index

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RHYTHM and MELODY, by Gladys Whitred.
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Africa: Max Gluckman. Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Manchester, talks about the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN: Ein Tag im Leben der Familie Meyer. 'Heute wird sich die Familie Meyer mit unseren Zuhörern bekanntmachen. Bald werden sie alte Freunde sein. Manuskript von Irmgard Sello. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred.
Unknown:
Max Gluck
Unknown:
Leben Der Familie Meyer.
Unknown:
Familie Meyer
Unknown:
Irmgard Sello.

ADVENTURES IN ENGlISH. ' Pepe Moreno ': a Spanish story by Eric Allen , adapted by Sam Langdon. Part 2.
2.20 HISTORY 1 William the Con queror.' Script by Henry Treece
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. The Fight Against Germs. 2-Microbes that cause disease. Script by Richard Palmer

Contributors

Unknown:
Pepe Moreno
Story By:
Eric Allen
Adapted By:
Sam Langdon.
Script By:
Henry Treece
Script By:
Richard Palmer

The novel by Ronald Marsh
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Novel By:
Ronald Marsh
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Adapted for radio by:
Stephen Grenfell
Crankshaw:
Brewster Mason
Conrad Barnes:
Geoffrey Matthews
Margaret Barnes:
Barbara Lott
Admiral Superintendent:
Arthur Ridley
Superintendent Travers:
Eric Francis
Frank Barnes:
Hugh David
Mrs Barnes:
Dorothy Green
Harrison:
Norman Wynne
Austin:
Malcolm Hayes
Constable:
Frank Partington
Davidson:
George Merritt
Langley:
Peter Neil
Merritt:
Malcolm Knight
Surgeon-Commander Urquhart:
Seymour Green
Corby:
Patrick Godfrey
Mrs Crankshaw:
Audrey O'Flynn

For Children of Most Ages
' L'Enfant et les Sortileges '
A programme by Grace Williams based on the story by Colette with music by Maurice Ravel
The story is told by Janette Richer , Vera McGregor
Jolu. Darran, Michael and Neil Ashton with recordings of Ravel's music
Production by Lorraine Davies
The story describes how a bad-tempered and disobedient little French boy was taught a lesson by the furniture in his home and the animals in the garden surrounding it.
5.30 For Older Children
An I Before My Cottage Door
Random rural thoughts by C. Gordon Glover
Produced by David Davis
It was a summer evening
Old Kaspar 's work was done,
And lie before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun,
And by him sported on the green His little grand-child Wilhelmine.

Contributors

Programme By:
Grace Williams
Music By:
Maurice Ravel
Told By:
Janette Richer
Told By:
Vera McGregor
Told By:
Neil Ashton
Production By:
Lorraine Davies
Produced By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Old Kaspar

Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train and Kenneth Home ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Presented by C. F. Meehan
(' Twenty Questions ' is broadcast by arrangement with Maurice Winnick )
Repeated on Sunday at 2.15 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Kenneth Home
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Presented By:
C. F. Meehan
Arrangement With:
Maurice Winnick

by Kay Cicellis
A writer from the Ionian Islands visits the Hebrides for the first time with Martina Mayne as Kay Cicellis and Meg Buchanan , Bill Crichton
Moultrie Kelsall , Alex Mackenzie Marietta MacLeod , Ettie Morrison
Bryden Murdoch. Alex Powis
Jean Taylor Smith. Hilary Thomson
Piper, Scumas MacNeil
Accordionist, Alastair Downie
Produced by David Thomson
(A new production of the programme first broadcast on December 20,1955)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Cicellis
Unknown:
Ionian Islands
Unknown:
Kay Cicellis
Unknown:
Meg Buchanan
Unknown:
Bill Crichton
Unknown:
Moultrie Kelsall
Unknown:
Alex MacKenzie
Unknown:
Marietta MacLeod
Unknown:
Ettie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch.
Unknown:
Alex Powis
Unknown:
Jean Taylor Smith.
Unknown:
Hilary Thomson
Accordionist:
Alastair Downie
Produced By:
David Thomson

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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